KILCOLMAN

In 1868, the parish of Kilcolman contained the following places:

"KILCOLEMAN, a parish in the baronies of Costello, Frenchpark, and Coolavin, counties Mayo, Roscommon, and Sligo, province of Connaught, Ireland, containing Ballaghaderreen, its post town. It is 8 miles long and 6 broad, and includes a part of Lough Garra. The surface has a large extent of moor and bog, and is traversed by the road from Longford to Ballina. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Achonry, value with Castle-More, £232, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was erected in 1708 by the late Board of First Fruits. There are two Roman Catholic chapels united to that of Kilmoree. There is a school under the National Board, and four or five others. Edmondstown and Coolarin are the principal residences."

"BALLAGHADERREEN, a small market town in the parish of Kilcolman and barony of Costello, in the county of Mayo and province of Connaught, Ireland, 14 miles to the W. of Boyle, and 124 miles from Dublin. The town, which stands near the border of Roscommon, has three principal streets, a convenient market-house, infantry barracks, and a court-house. It contained, according to the census of 1861, 222 inhabited houses, with a population of 1,589, of whom 1,567 are Roman Catholics, 21 belong to the Established Church, and only 1 Presbyterian. Coastguard and police stations are established here, and petty sessions are held once a week in the town. The market day is Tuesday. Fairs are held on the 25th and 26th of March, the 1st of May, the 25th of June, the 1st of August, the 8th of September, the 1st of November, and the 22nd of December."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018